Caustics of compensated spherical lens models

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/15/8/017MaRDI QIDQ4699702zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors D. Solomons, George F. R. Ellis

Publication date 18 November 1999

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9802005

zbMATH Keywords

area-distance-redshift relation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: We consider compensated spherical lens models and the caustic surfaces they create in the past light cone. Examination of cusp and crossover angles associated with particular source and lens redshifts gives explicit lensing models that confirm previous claims that area distances can differ by substantial factors from angular diameter distances even when averaged over large angular scales. `Shrinking' in apparent sizes occurs, typically by a factor of 3 for a single spherical lens, on the scale of the cusp caused by the lens; summing over many lenses will still leave a residual effect.

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